English
homiletical
Homiletical comes from Ancient Greek ὁμιλητικός ‘conversable’, from ὁμῑλητής ‘disciple, scholar’, and ultimately from ὅμῑλος ‘crowd’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὅμῑλος‘crowd’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEὁμῑλέω‘to be with, keep company’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEὁμῑλητής‘disciple, scholar’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEὁμιλητικόςhomilētikós‘conversable’
- Englishearliest quotation 1996homiletical
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὅμῑλος‘crowd’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEὁμῑλέω‘to be with, keep company’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEὁμῑλητής‘disciple, scholar’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEὁμιλητικόςhomilētikós‘conversable’
- Englishearliest quotation 1996homiletical
Earliest quotation: 1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer: “The Talmud offers a homiletical etymology that the word…”
Formed from homiletic + -al
Every English word from Ancient Greek ὅμῑλος
Today it means
adj social or companionable.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ὅμῑλος / homiletical